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The Glass Castle is Jeannette Walls's deeply moving memoir about growing up amid poverty and dysfunction but fueled by creativity and resilience. Her father was a brilliant, charismatic dreamer—till alcoholism erased his brilliance. Her mother rejected domestic life entirely. Nonetheless, Walls and her siblings learned to fend for themselves and love fiercely. This Ukrainian hardcover edition (BookChef, 2023; approx. 416 pp, 133×205 mm, ~412–630 g) offers a brutally honest narrative about survival, forgiveness, and the transformative power of storytelling. For mature readers interested in real-life memoir and emotional recovery.